'Harlem Shake' videos take YouTube by storm

2:15 PM,
Feb. 13, 2013

The UGA Men's Swimming and Diving Team does the 'Harlem Shake.'

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USA TODAY

Gangnam Style is so last year: 2013's new dance craze is the Harlem Shake.

But that's also the name of an old-school dance craze. Back in the '80s, the body-quaking move was invented at a Harlem basketball game. From there, it went on to become a hip-hop dance move involving shimmies (shoulder shakes), tics (robotic starts and stops) and pops (leg spasms).

Now, the Harlem Shake is best known as the video meme with the dance song Harlem Shake by Baauer. And it's still quite spastic. Check out this playlist of popular Harlem Shake videos. ...